Christmas: The Platinum Collection

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Ashanti1:38
2Jingle Bells
Ella Fitzgerald & Frank De Vol and His Orchestra2:26
3White Christmas
Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra & Ken Darby Singers3:05
4Tu scendi dalle stelle
Friar Alessandro & London Session Orchestra3:25
5Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
The Bach Choir & Sir David Willcocks2:40
6Panis Angelicus
Luciano Pavarotti, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Kurt Herbert Adler4:03
7Aria sulla quarta corda, dalla Suite n.3 in re, BWV 1068
Camerata Ducale & Guido Rimonda4:16
8Merry Christmas Baby
James Brown3:58
9God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
The John Alldis Choir & Sir Colin Davis2:29
10Concerto in Sol Minore N. 6, op. 8 “In forma di Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale” Grave Vivace
I Musici4:10
11I’ll Be Home for Christmas
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
lyricist:
James Kimball Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co., Piedmont Music Company, Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
The Platters2:43
12Canone in re
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester & Karl Münchinger4:30
13The Little Drummer Boy
Albrecht Mayer & The King’s Singers3:12
14Someday at Christmas
recording of:
Someday at Christmas
writer:
Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller) and Bryan Wells
publisher:
EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Ron Miller Legacy Songtrust Publishing LLC (BMI)
Stevie Wonder2:53
15Coventry Carol
The John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis2:03
16Con te, Gesù
Friar Alessandro, Camerata Ducale & Guido Rimonda3:55
17Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra3:21
18Oh Happy Day
Quincy Jones3:38
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Adeste Fideles
Luciano Pavarotti, London Voices, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Kurt Herbert Adler3:34
2O Tannenbaum
Wiener Sängerknaben & Uwe Christian Harrer1:35
3The Christmas Song
Mel Tormé2:46
4Concerto grosso n. 8, op. 6 “Fatto per la notte di Natale”
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock4:06
5Frosty the Snowman
Ella Fitzgerald & Frank De Vol and His Orchestra2:14
6Adagio in re minore
Heinz Holliger, Maria Teresa Garatti & I Musici5:24
7A Child is Born
Oscar Peterson2:38
8Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Patti Page2:44
9Greensleeves
The Mantovani Orchestra3:22
10While Shepherds Watched
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge & George Guest2:47
11Messiah Sinfonia pastorale: PIFA
Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood2:48
12The Secret of Christmas
Shirley Horn4:36
13Christmas Waltz
Joe Williams4:05
14Baby’s First Christmas
recording of:
Baby’s First Christmas
writer:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter) and Ted Murry (pianist, lyricist and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Connie Francis & Geoff Love2:29
15Amazing Grace
Friar Alessandro, Camerata Ducale & Guido Rimonda5:28
16Looks Like December
Antônio Carlos Jobim3:49
17Le quattro stagioni op. 8. “L’inverno”
Sergey Krylov & Litauische Kammerphilharmonie1:42
18Introitus: Dominus dixit ad me
Choralschola der Benediktinerabtei Münsterschwarzach & Pater Godehard Joppich2:44
3▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Happy New Year
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
acoustic guitar:
Björn Ulvaeus (on 1980-02-11)
bass guitar:
Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1980-02-11)
drums (drum set):
Ola Brunkert (on 1980-02-11)
guitar:
Janne Schaffer (on 1980-02-11)
keyboard and synthesizer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1980-02-11)
background vocals:
Frida (Swedish singer and member of ABBA) (on 1980-04-09)
lead vocals:
Agnetha Fältskog (on 1980-04-09)
arranger:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1980)
recorded at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1980-02-11, on 1980-04-09)
mixed at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1980-04-25)
recording of:
Happy New Year (in 1980)
written in:
Barbados (in 1980-01)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (in 1980-01) and Björn Ulvaeus (in 1980-01)
publisher:
Artwork Music Co., Inc. (from 1980 to ????) and Countless Songs, Ltd. (from 1980 to ????)
Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson & ABBA2.84:26
2Romance N. 2, Op. 50
recording of:
Romance for Violin and Orchestra no. 2 in F major, op. 50 (Romance for Violin and Orchestra no. 2 in F major, op. 50: Adagio cantabile)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1798)
part of:
Works of Ludwig van Beethoven by opus number (number: op. 50)
Ludwig van Beethoven, James Last & James Last Orchestra4:31
3In Dulci Jubilo
[traditional], Peter Hope, The John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis2:06
4O Holy Night
recording engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1976-01)
engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) (in 1976-01)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera) (in 1976-01)
conductor:
Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor) (in 1976-01)
arranger and orchestrator:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Records Company (The Decca Record Company Limited, not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1976)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (Petersham) in Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-01)
recording of:
O Holy Night (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer)
arrangement of:
O Holy Night
Adolphe Adam, Placide Cappeau, Douglas Gamley, Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Kurt Herbert Adler4:14
5Ding Dong! Merrily on High
[anonymous], G. Woodward, G. Wood, David Briggs, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury2:01
6Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Frank De Vol, Ella Fitzgerald & Frank De Vol and His Orchestra2:58
7The First Nowell
[anonymous], Ola Gjeilo & Choir of Royal Holloway4:37
8Oratorio di Natale BWV 248 - Sinfonia N. 10
Johann Sebastian Bach, Christian Friedrich Henrici, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner2:24
9Christmas Night in Harlem
Alan R. Scott, Mitchell Parish, Louis Armstrong & Benny Carter and His Orchestra2:41
10Away in a Manger
John Kirkpatrick, L. Young & Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra2:29
11What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
Frank Loesser & The Ramsey Lewis Trio3:31
12Concerto in Do Maggiore N. 12, Op. 3 - Lago "Pastorale Per Il Santissimo Natale"
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini & I Musici5:04
13Ole Santa
Clyde Otis, Belford Hendricks & Dinah Washington2:43
14I Want to Come Home for Christmas
Forest Hairston & Marvin Gaye3:25
15Adagio in Sol Minore
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Remo Giazotto, Eduard Kaufmann, Walter Prystawski, Festival Strings Lucerne & Rudolf Baumgartner6:52
16Mottetto "Dies Sanctificatus Illuxit Nobis"
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina & Massimo Palombella2:37
17Ave Maria
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod, Friar Alessandro & Ramin Bahrami2:53
18Messiah - Hallelujah
George Frideric Handel, Charles Jennens, Margaret Hillis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Sir Georg Solti3:41